Regulator De-Registers 17 Kingfisher Jets

Indian aviation regulators on Tuesday agreed to allow aircraft leasing companies to retrieve more than a dozen jets once used by grounded Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., easing concerns that a protracted dispute over their fate might choke off funding to other carriers.

Leasing companies had raised concerns about their inability to recover the planes, warning it could hurt future plans by Indian carriers to rent or finance the hundreds of...